Jenette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NET
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jenette is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jenette mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jennette, itself a variant of Jeanette, via French
“God is gracious”
A variant of Jeanette, the French diminutive of Jeanne, which is the feminine form of Jean (John).
Meaning borrowed from Jennette.
Is Jenette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenette is a girls' name.
How popular is Jenette in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.
Half of all the girls named Jenette in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,922 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,273 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
Nicknames for Jenette
Names like Jenette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jane, Jacqueline, Anne, Jeanette, Katherine, Jamie, Michelle, Janelle, Janice, Christine, Judith, Joanne
Names related to Jenette
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jenette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenette, updated 20 October 2026.